Division_officer
Division officer
Military rank
A division officer (known as a divisional officer in the UK) commands a shipboard division of enlisted personnel, and is typically the lowest ranking officer in their administrative chain of command. Enlisted personnel aboard United States Navy warships are assigned to a division according to their shipboard responsibilities. Small shipboard departments may have a single division in which the department head serves as the division officer, while larger departments on larger ships may have several divisions with division officers reporting to a department head. Department heads report to the commanding officer through the executive officer.[1]